Beccles High School - Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7BQ MPR/UPR (£31,650 - £49,083 per annum) Full Time Maternity Cover Reference: 7004 Required as soon as possible At Beccles High School, we believe that each and every student deserves to go to an excellent school. Our focus is on delivering high-quality, engaging lessons and providing students with the care and guidance that allows them to succeed. Our students tell us that they value the way lessons are delivered and the strong relationships that exist in school between students and staff. This is only possible because of our small size and our belief and confidence in every student as an individual. We offer a traditional curriculum that enables our students to flourish academically, and which lays the foundations for their successful progression into post-16 learning. We are preparing our young people to be thoughtful, innovative, capable, responsible global citizens of the future; they will leave us with excellent qualifications and having outperformed their counterparts nationally. Our vision is shared by all staff, and together we are responsible for upholding and promoting the values within it. Staff are supported at all levels by middle and senior leaders in their teaching, behaviour management, career development and wellbeing. The Role We are looking for a talented and hard-working person with high standards and with the ability to communicate and interact effectively with others as part of our school as a Specialist Unit Lead Teacher. You will: provide leadership that constructively evaluates and then drives forwards our high standards for all aspects of Specialist Unit provision and access to main school curriculum for learners within the Specialist Unit embed an ethos of high expectation and aspiration which results in staff setting and modelling challenge and expectation through teaching and interaction with pupils and families lead and deploy the Specialist Unit teaching team to ensure impactful performance of team members on the progress of learners be responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, and delivery of effective provision within the Cognition and Learning Specialist Unit ensure the delivery of an accessible, broad and balanced curriculum to all Specialist Unit learners ensure the effective coordination, delivery and review impact of specific EHCP provision (Section F) as stipulated in individual Education Health and Care Plans be responsible for the Support Plans for Specialist Unit Learners ensure that tracking of performance data is well used to monitor progress, challenge staff and engage pupils and families. 2 SET Beccles JD Specialist Unit Lead Teacher November 2023 liaise with and support the role of external agencies to ensure that provision for Specialist Unit learners is of the highest quality take a lead role in the review of Specialist Learners’ progress including EHCP annual reviews, PEPs etc liaise regularly with families, carers, learners, Heads of Department, Subject Teachers and the SENDCO to encourage and support access to main school learning for Specialist Unit learners monitor the impact of the Specialist Unit curriculum on learners’ behaviours for learning and make adaptations where required work closely with families and carers to ensure behaviour expectations are well understood and adhered support effective transition to/from SET BECCLES including completing visits to current schools and communication with relevant stakeholders including transition school staff, families and external agencies ensure that the SU professional development programme meets both whole cohort and individual needs, skilfully selecting whether to coach, mentor or direct challenge all under-performance through the use of transparent and fair protocols ensure that SET Beccles School reflects a vibrant and inclusive ethos which actively values and promotes diversity, unity and community cohesion, and supports pupils to become successful integrated citizens. To find out more: If you would like to visit the school or discuss the position in anyway, please do not hesitate to contact Suzie Poll, office manager, at: s.pollbeccleshighschool.org How to apply: Job attachments can be downloaded below: Information Sheet (pdf) Job Description (pdf) Completed applications should be made via: https://bit.ly/4aN90BG Applications will be considered upon receipt; therefore, early applications are encouraged. Closing date: 10 March 2025. Promoted as FJ (Featured Job) on Suffolk Jobs Direct. The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.